dial

Definition:
1. The face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours.
2. The control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning.
3. The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments.
4. A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called.
5. Operate a dial to select a telephone number.
6. Choose by means of a dial.

Use 'dial' in a sentence:

• 1. Just dial zero.
• 2. Subscribers dial directly from their computers into the BBS host computer.
• 3. A series of levers joined to a pointer shows pressure on a dial.
• 4. I started to dial but then hung up.
• 5. I can't get a dial tone on this phone.
• 6. Dial and ask for the phone number of that firm.
• 7. I dialled Elizabeth's number thinking I might catch her before she left for work.
• 8. Broadband is still more expensive than dial-up services.
• 9. Sue, who was born in the United States to immigrant parents, wants her peers to dial it back.
• 10. Sorry, I must have dialled the wrong number.
• 11. Who's at the top of your speed-dial list?
• 12. "Don't touch that dial!" I shouted, "I wanted to find out how the mystery turns out!"
• 13. This phone is out of whack. You can't dial out.
• 14. The heat dial was set at 150 degrees.
• 15. She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
• 16. She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice Campbell's number.
• 17. Dial get online to say, begin since thenceforth faddish.
• 18. The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck.
• 19. At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass.
• 20. Dial, then stretch.
• 21. Oh, Did I dial 83754?
• 22. The dial records very slight variations in pressure.
• 23. She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice's number.
• 24. The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
• 25. The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven.
• 26. The dials of most barometers are inscribed with weather terms.
• 27. I've dialled the number so many times I know it by heart.
• 28. He lifted the phone and dialled her number.
• 29. The right point for the dial is likely to change as circumstances change.
• 30. He dialled, and spoke briefly to the duty officer.
• 31. She picked up the receiver and started to dial.
• 32. It worked contrariwise ─ first you dialled the number, then you put the money in.
• 33. He dialled the operator and put in a call for Rome.
• 34. He dialled directory enquiries.
• 35. I'm going to dial the number.
• 36. What number should I dial for information?
• 37. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system.
• 38. Can I dial direct?
• 39. Swipe your card through the phone, then dial.
• 40. Dial 0033 for France.
• 41. If fire happens, you should leave and dial 911 for the fire department.
• 42. What number should I dial to get the manager?
• 43. Sarah sat down and dialled a number.
• 44. Watch how the needle on the dial oscillates.
• 45. She kept looking at the dial on the boiler. The needle had reached 250 degrees.
• 46. The needle on the dial went right around to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck.
• 47. The needle jumped across the dial.
• 48. All our rooms have direct dialling telephones.
• 49. He dialled the number and waited.
• 50. All I get is a busy signal when I dial his number.
• 51. He turned the dial on the radio.
• 52. I prised off the metal rim surrounding one of the dials.
• 53. To call the police, an ambulance or the fire brigade dial 999 and the operator will connect you.